Meat cooker



Oct. 20, 1925 H. C. ZAUN MEAT COOKER Filed Oct. 10. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 a N m m Oct. 20, 1925- H. c. Z

MEAT COOKER iled 0011'. 10. 1924 3 Sheds-Sheet 2 #61 4552 wazmj k Oct. 20, 1925. 7 1,557,753

H. c. ZAUN MEAT COOKER Filed Oct. 10, 19.24 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 y M fiiZaun 7 tube providing 'a-recepta'cle for-the meat PatentedOct. 20, 1925.

HEN-RY GARL, ZAUN, or: OAKLAND; oALIFoRNm.

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1 Applicationfiled dtober' 10, 1921 seen am 42x55;

To all whom it m y 6 mm.-

Be it known that ,1; HENRY on; 211111; a citizenof the" United state's -residrng at Oakland; in the county of- Alameda and;

State of California, haveinv'ented-new and useful Improvements iii-Meat Chokers; of

which the rollowi'ngis a; specification. V My present lnven'tlon has reference to meat cookers and ha p itl'culalr reference to meansifor cooking boned hz'uiis and og'ous'foo'd' precincts;

object isthe cooker whose construction isextremlyfs pley'an'd which will efiectiv ely. eompressthe meat thereinso that the "same be cooked without allowing water. to penetrate the meat; and whereby the flavor and extracts from the fibrous connecting tissues or gluten will be retained, and whereby the meat after" being} cooked be sliced with 011i? liability of the part ic es constitut i'ng'th" same becoming severedone from another.

' It is astill 'further object to produce a ham cooker in" the-nature: of a split tube within which the'boii'ed ham, after'heing wrapped isrreceived means in the naiiiife Zora se mental plate being 'alsoprovidd for coveringrthe'joint between the edgeslof theisplittube. t 1 p A still furthr'objecti is the provision; a device of'this vcharakzter 'o a splitfspr'i'fig" tobe cooked, said receptacle having" rein-I forcing bands to more positively insurethe same assuminga tubular form to compress. the meat therein. v

The invention furthericonsists in the particular featuresof construction andinthe' combination and arrangement of parts here: inafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereiii'i' Figure lis a side elevation of the. cooker in the position when the hamv to be cooked is'arranged therein. v Q a Figure; 2 is a sectional; View on the'l-ine' 22: of Figure 1'. l r

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the open ing jack' for the cooker;

Figure 4 is an elevation showing the jack operated to open the cooker when the cooked ham is to be removed therefrom.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the squared meat loaves may be cooked.

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional View therethrough.

production of p a m'e'atj The cooker broadly indicated by" the 11151:? mean, is in'thenatu're' of splitspring;

tub (sfc-omparatively thin metal. ril 1 fronting edges o'fthe tube are round d 1111911 themselves" to 'provide'lips ,2; These lips; at I. paints adjacent-to the ends :qraulewbe arfslitte'd or} cut away to pro 'ide'pais ages 1 flanges 3- 101111611 511 the-edges or segmental; reinforcing plates 42101 the cooker ZTl iei ends of the tubular membenare designed to springtow'ardeach ia ram arelnfiitedin 7' such' movement "by. the contaetzofelie apps;'

sitely disposed flan es ewith ea I Arranged over u1ews'egmeetal-* an'driveted thereto as well; as; w th ate-Q1) there are the horizontal flanges-5* :01 plates; I plates 5 are provided adjacent to their en ds" with'elofigated slots 72* 111g; engagement w'i the flanges; 6;- ofa g e plates :5 there'- are spring seg ental ring em e s s2. Therifiig member weer 31 re r iq swe;cofieq emiyipira1 reater resiliency than the ma 61 m of the gifiiiereiitf-stfenggh oi the? ually spread a art for are; opfning'thereof for the insertion 01 removal of tnej'meat to be cookd'fand therefore I 'pif'oyidefa-novel means-in the nature of aja ck for thispure pose which rwiu-nm' describe The ,jafekf includes a base plate 9 which i' 'j'lffetive lyf securedon a suitable" support. 3 v "efp'late; 9 atlon'e ofjits end's,-. has an al'iglfej u'p-z many directed extension 10, and tlies 'd" extension isprdvided adjacent to" 1 53 116 5 I I I with a Slot 11. The angle extensipn .10; is

referably reinforc dby' an angletraee 12*.

ends 18 there are the arms of a U-shaped member or yoke 19. Centrally secured to the connecting element of the yoke 19 there is a bracket, and to this bracket there is pivoted a plate 20. The plate 20 passes through the opening 11 in the extension 10 of the base. set, as at 21. The plate 20 has its .upper edge provided with two spaced somewhat elongated notches whose inner straight walls terminate in fingers 22 and 23 respectively.

Opposite the bracket to which the rack arm 20 is pivoted there is arranged on the top of the-yoke 19 a second bracket 24, and firmly secured to this bracket there is the straight end of an angle lever 25. Pivoted to the sides of the yoke adjacent to the upper corners thereof, there'are the body plates of hook members 26, the said hooks being connected together by a plate 27. Connecting the plate 27 with the handle 25 there is a spring 28. i

In operation the slots 7 in the flanges 6 of the angle plates 5 on one side of the cooker receive therethrough the hooks 16, the slots in, the angle plates on the opposite side of the cooker receiving therethrough the hooks 26. The lever 25 is moved to swing the yoke 19 so that the plate 20 will pass through the slot 11. The spring 28 has a tendency to swing the plate 27 and the hooks 26 toward the lever 25 so that the finger 22 will first contact with the outer face of the angle extension 10 of the base. When in this position the cooked meat may be removed fromthe cooker. VVhen'the handle is further operated to bring the finger 23 into contact with the outer face of the end 10 of the base 9,v

the cooker is further opened so that the meat may be arranged therein. By moving the plate 20 to bring its fingers out of contacting engagement with the end 10 of the base, thecooker will automatically close.

' The ham or other meat product isboned and is wrapped in a cloth before being- I placed in the cooker. To prevent water in the vessel in which the meat is cooked passing through the opening provided at the confronting ends ofthe cooker, I arrange in the said cooker a segmental plate 29 which bridges the confronting edges of the said cooker and rests directly on the meat.

With my improvement,a single operation of the jack permits of the opening or closing of the cooker. The construction of the cooker is such that the meat is automatically compressed therein "so that the boiling water will not flow therethrough. As a consequence, all of the flavors of'the meat are retained and the connecting fibers or' gluten are not destroyed. The result is that a better This end of the plate'is off-' flavored meat product is obtained and the same may be sliced without liability of the fibers thereof breaking.

In Figures 5 and 6, I have illustrated the manner in which meatmay be cooked to present a square loaf. In this instance, after the spring split member has been spread by the jack, in a manner as previously described, meat is placed in one section of a rectangular box 50 provided with a flanged closure 51' whichis telescopically received in the box. When the spring split tube is released from the jack, the latter will force the cover 51 intothe box 50, thus compressing the meat in the said box.

It is apparent that two or more boxes, similar to the box 50, and of the same size and proportion may be arranged in the split spring member when the said boxes are set on end and also that a plurality of smaller boxes having telescopic covers may be arranged in the said split member.

Having described the invention, I claim z 1. A ham' cooker, comprising a spring member to receive the ham thereinand which is self closing to compress the ham.

2. A meat cooker comprising a split spring tube, reinforcing segments at the meeting,

edges thereof, outstanding fiangeson said segments designed for contacting engagement for limiting the springing of the tube to closed position, a removable segmental plate in the tube below the confronting edges. thereof, and longitudinally disposed angle plates secured to the first mentioned 'seg-. purpose set ments and to the tube, for the forth.

' 3. A meat cooker comprising a split spring tube, reinforcing segments at the meeting edges thereof, outstanding flanges on said segments designed for contacting engage ment forlimiting the springing of the tube to closed position, a removable segmental platein the tube belowthe confronting edges thereof, longitudinally disposed angle plates I secured to the first mentioned segments and HENRY ARLZAUN. 

